Father's Little Dividend (1951)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Vincente Minnelli

Writers:

Albert Hackett (screenplay) &
Frances Goodrich (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

27 April 1951 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

In this sequel to Father of the Bride (1950), newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are going to have a baby, leaving her father having to come to grips with the fact that he will soon be a granddad.

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Giving Birth | Baby Nursery | Marriage | Birth

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Spencer Tracy	...	Stanley Banks
Joan Bennett	...	Ellie Banks
Elizabeth Taylor	...	Kay Dunstan
Don Taylor	...	Buckley Dunstan
Billie Burke	...	Doris Dunstan
Moroni Olsen	...	Herbert Dunstan
Richard Rober	...	Police sergeant
Marietta Canty	...	Delilah (Banks' maid)
Russ Tamblyn	...	Tommy Banks (as Rusty Tamblyn)
Tom Irish	...	Ben Banks
Hayden Rorke	...	Dr. Andrew Nordell
Paul Harvey	...	Rev. Galsworthy

Also Known As:

Laugh Track: Father's Little Dividend (USA) (video title (redubbed comic version))

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:G | Canada:G (Ontario) | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:U

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

This is one of a handful of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer productions of the 1950-1951 period whose original copyrights were never renewed and are now apparently in Public Domain; for this reason this title is now offered, often in very inferior copies, at bargain prices, by numerous VHS and DVD distributors who do not normally handle copyrighted or Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer material.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The baby is christened 'Stanley Banks' but should have been christened 'Stanley Dunstan' or 'Stanley Banks Dunstan'.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)

A wonderful and realistic followup from FATHER OF THE BRIDE

I absolutely loved FATHER OF THE BRIDE. This was my favorite Spencer Tracy film in that it gives him a chance to play an "everyman" and you really grow to care about him and his growing family. So, I was thrilled that MGM made this sequel (and I ordinarily hate sequels). Now that his lovely daughter, Liz Taylor, was married off in the last film, this movie tackles the next big life-changing event in Tracy's life--the imminent birth of his grandchild. All the worries and changes are dealt with so deftly that you soon forget that nothing earth-shattering or amazing happens in the film--it's just a wonderfully written, directed and acted slice of life film that is enhanced by its realism and gentle humor.